A federal court in Seattle has issued a default judgment in favour of Amazon and studio plaintiffs Paramount, Universal, Warner Bros and HBO in a joint action targeting an international counterfeiting operation that sold fake DVDs on Amazon. The ruling grants all requested relief—including more than $7.5 million (€6.5m) in statutory damages and broad injunctive […]
Goalhanger, the podcast production company, has appointed Conrad Withey as the company’s first Chief Revenue Officer with immediate effect. In this role, Withey will oversee commercial strategy, lead the revenue team, and drive cross-platform expansion. Reporting to Co-Founders Tony Pastor and Jack Davenport, he will work with the board and senior leadership to scale advertising […]
Plume has announced the appointment of Dave Wechsler as Chief Business Officer to lead the company’s efforts in delivering stronger business outcomes for internet service providers (ISPs). Wechsler joins Plume as it expands its AI-powered SaaS platform, now serving over 60 million locations. Wechsler will lead Plume’s global business strategy, including opening new business channels, […]
Spanish TV company Mediapro is set to cut up to 169 jobs due to production-related reasons following the loss of its La Liga TV production rights, now held by the Swiss company HSB. The job redundancy plan will affect employees mainly involved in match coverage, commentary, highlights and other related services which will no longer […]
The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board of ProSiebenSat.1 Media have welcomed the partial public acquisition offer made by PPF, an indirect subsidiary of PPF Group, but say they consider the offer price “inadequate from a financial point of view”. The boards have thus decided not to make a recommendation regarding the acceptance of the […]
The BBC has appointed Kate Phillips as its new Chief Content Officer following a competitive recruitment process. Phillips was appointed interim Chief Content Officer, after Charlotte Moore announced in February that she was leaving the BBC to join Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television. Phillips has spent 12 years at the BBC. Most recently, […]
HarbourView Equity Partners, a multi-strategy investment firm focused on investment opportunities in the music, sports, media and entertainment space, is leading a $85 million (€73.8m) investment in Animaj, alongside Bpifrance, the French national investment fund and a key player in the French tech and AI ecosystem. Animaj is a digital-first AI-empowered media company transforming kids […]
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury has expressed optimism that current discussions with Thales and Leonardo would end in an agreement for the three businesses’ space divisions. He said he anticipated regulatory approval will take two years. Faury was speaking at a conference session at the Paris Air Show. He specifically addressed the proposed merger, saying the […]
Broadband service providers (BSPs) can more easily buy certified and tested equipment for their cloud networks as Broadband Forum and Linux Foundation (LF) Broadband join forces. The two organisations have been aligning their respective work to ensure open-source software solutions from LF Broadband comply with the relevant carrier grade requirements and technical reports (TRs) from […]
Law&Crime, the true crime and legal content studio, has announced the expansion of its executive leadership team with the hiring of Marco Bresaz as Executive Vice President of Current Series & Documentaries and Debasish Mishra as Chief Technology Officer. Bresaz, formerly Head of Nonfiction & Alternative Programming at AMC Networks, brings decades of experience crafting award-winning documentary […]